Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Synonyms: Cretoquedius cretaceus Cai and Huang 2013, Quedius cretaceus Cai and Huang 2013
Full reference: A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix: Early Cretaceous fossils shed light on the evolution of a hyperdiverse insect lineage (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Cladistics
Belongs to Cretoquedius according to A. J. Brunke et al. 2019
See also Cai and Huang 2013, Kypke et al. 2018 and Solodovnikov and Yue 2013
Sister taxa: Cretoquedius distinctus, Cretoquedius dorsalis, Cretoquedius oculatus
Type specimens:
- Cretoquedius infractus: CNU-COL-LB200951, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2009 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
- Quedius cretaceus: NIGP156220, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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